MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 2 August 1926, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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FRENCH RAILWAY ACCIDENT. PARIS, July 30.

A mail train, travelling at full speed, was derailed between Noisy-Le-Sec and Rosny. Four persons were killed and sixteen arc injured.

The train took the points at a speed of seventy-five kilometres an hour instead of the regulation thirtyfive kilometres an hour. It was composed exclusively of mail vans, and the casualties were postal employees.

PRICE OF GOLD. LONDON, July 30. Gold is £4 4s Hid per ounce. COSTLY APPEAL SUIT. I/ONDON, July 31. The Appeal Court has entered judgment for £35,000 in favour of Lok. 'l’he costs in tho case are now estimated at sixty thousand sterling.

DUTCH WOMEN. AMSTERDAM. July 31

What Dutch women are doing in the world of scienco was described at the Congress of University of 'Women by Dotcor Johanna Westerdyk, professor of plant pathology at the University of Übrecht, who expressed the opinion that a course of science and household work was too much for a scientific worker. Another delegate stated in Holland there were nine women ministers of religion, and 260 women engineers. David Sarnoff, vice-Prcsident of the Radio Corporation of America stressed the need for a universal language which could be taught by wireless.

ENGLISH GOOD LOOKS. LONDON. July 31

Lady Duff-Cordon, who is a noted dress designer, in tho course of a lecture, said that the English, particularly the girls, were the best-looking people in the world. The Americans, she said, came next-. The English women, however, were the worst dressed. There was always something missing. For this she blamed the Englishmen, who had a horror of having their womenfolk stared at in the stteet. The Englishman was so self-conscious that ho dreaded anyone staring. The American men did not care a rap. On the tlirntrary they loved to take their, wonien-folk out and have everybody staring at them.

STINNES’ DEBTS. [Reuter Telegrams.] (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) BERLIN, August 1. Hugo Stinnes' firm, which owes German banks about four million sterling, as a result of the winding up of the late Hugo Stinnes’ affairs, intends to pay off the amount, for which reason it will raise a foreign loan. The “ Volks Zeitung ” Cologne correspondent says negotiations have been approaching for some time with a Britisli group. A ZOO FIRE. PARIS. August 1Monkeys and several other animals are roving in Bois Boulogne, in consequence of a fire in the Paris zoo in Jardin D’Acclimatisation, during which they escoped from their cages. Hall a million francs damage was done. FAMOUS IV A LEER’S END. (Received this day at 8.30 a.m.) PARIS, August 1. Gallot, 63, formerly known as flagging of Walkers, disappeared from a ffursing home. It is believed he committed suicide, A pocket book was

found on the banks of tbe Seine containing a letter in Which he announced his intention of ending his life, which had become unbearable. Gallot in 1894 won the famous endurance race against Buffalo Bill’s horses, when he walked 150 miles. In the same year ■he made a circuit of Paris twenty-nine in 2631 hours.

PLIGHT OF FOREIGNERS. PARIS, August 1

The plight of foreign missionaries in the beleaguered city of latungfu is viewed with alarm in Peking. Recent despatches suggest they are being detained as virtual hostages, by the Commander at Shansi. They describe how the wife of Doctor Bryan Brown, of the Church of England mission and four children were lowered in sacks over the city wall and thus reached safety. It appears that the American Consul made urgent representations to the Shansi commander to evacuate foreigners. The commander declined on the ground that Yenhsishan had instructed him to protect foreign residents in the city. He feared they would encounter danger if they left. The missionaries in Tantungfn were alive and well and there are still considerable food supplies. However, the place is constantly under fire and they wore forced to live in dug-outs. The sanitary conditions were bad and it is feared ail epidemic might break out at any time.